Posts in the "Chases" Category

• Chase Recap for Western Kentucky and Nashville

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   Today was a fairly significant severe weather day across much of the United States. Areas from the Ohio Valley all the way into the Deep South have experience tornadoes today; unfortunately, there have been over 20 fatalities reported so far. Also, there are 77 tornado reports *so far*, and the day isn’t over. These are [...]

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• Wall Cloud over West Tennessee on May 25th

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  If anyone who reads this follows me on twitter, you know that I made a last minute decision to go chase storms in West Tennessee this last Wednesday, May 25th. I have been off of the forecasting bandwagon for the last few weeks and had not paid much attention to this very dangerous risk for [...]

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• The Return Home – Supercell Video

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  I have returned from the chase in North-West Kansas! Unfortunately, late morning convection effectively stabilized the atmosphere in my original target zone, which was near Dodge City, KS. I actually would have remained in the area if it were not for Reed Timmer answering a question for me on twitter, when he made me realize [...]

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• Bring on the Tornadoes!

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  Today I am in Wichita, Kansas in preparation for today’s severe weather event! The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is forecasting a risk for severe thunderstorms in Central KS southward into Central OK. The main threat will be extremely large hail, followed by tornadoes. As you can see in the image to the left, [...]

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• In Transit

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  Tempest Chasing is currently in transit for Dallas Texas, in preparation for some significant severe weather in Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday! As I am writing this, I am currently on I-40 West of Memphis heading through Arkansas. I should be in Dallas by tonight, and then Tuesday and Wednesday will be chase days! Tuesday does [...]

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• Severe Weather Outbreak in the Plains

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  Right now we are still on track for a severe weather outbreak across the Plains on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and maybe even Wednesday May 8-11. I will not focus on Sunday-Monday for two reasons: 1) I won’t be there anyway and 2) Sunday and Monday actually do not have much of a tornado risk due [...]

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